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Paul Mescal looks suav as he is joined by a stylish Emma Corrin for A Streetcar Named Desire play

Paul Mescal looks suave in a black suit with pal Emma Corrin to celebrate the press night of West End’s A Streetcar Named Desire as critics praise his ‘beast off the leash’ performance

  • The Daily Mail’s Patrick Marmion awarded the production a four star review, comparing Mescal to a ‘beast off the leash’ as he shed’s his Normal People boyish persona, ‘if you hoped to swoon, stay home’ he advises 

Paul Mescal was joined by pal Emma Corrin on Thursday evening for the press night of West End’s A Streetcar Named Desire’s afterparty in London.

The Normal People actor, 26, donned a black suit for the bash after taking to the stage in the role of leading man Stanley in the production, with The Daily Mail’s Patrick Marmion praising his ‘beast off the leash’ performance.

Meanwhile, actor Emma looked stylish as they wrapped up in a black turtle-neck jumper and matching trousers for the night out. 

Night out: Paul Mescal, 26, looked suave in a black suit on Thursday as he was joined by stylish pal Emma Corrin to celebrate the press night of West End's A Streetcar Named Desire

Night out: Paul Mescal, 26, looked suave in a black suit on Thursday as he was joined by stylish pal Emma Corrin to celebrate the press night of West End’s A Streetcar Named Desire

Keeping his look simple, Paul sported a pair of black trousers and a matching blazer – which he layered over a beige shirt. 

He wrapped an arm around Emma, who had come by to support their pal and flashed a smile for some snaps. 

The Crown star, who is non-binary and goes by they/them pronouns, had bright blonde cropped locks and shielded their eyes with rectangular sunglasses.

Leading man: Keeping his look simple, Paul sported a pair of black trousers and a matching blazer - which he layered over a beige shirt

Leading man: Keeping his look simple, Paul sported a pair of black trousers and a matching blazer – which he layered over a beige shirt

Chic: Meanwhile, actor Emma looked stylish as they wrapped up in a black turtle-neck jumper and matching trousers for the night out

Chic: Meanwhile, actor Emma looked stylish as they wrapped up in a black turtle-neck jumper and matching trousers for the night out

Critics praise West End’s A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire is already garnering attention with Paul Mescal taking on the leading role of Stanley in the red hot adaptation of the Tennessee Williams’s 1947 drama by award-winning Rebecca Frecknall.

The Daily Mail’s Patrick Marmion awarded the production a four star review, comparing Mescal to a ‘beast off the leash’ as he shed’s his Normal People boyish persona, ‘if you hoped to swoon, stay home’ he advises.

‘Gone is his boyish charm (those Celtic blue eyes) in Normal People. No more the still waters that run deep, or pleading eyebrows that melt your heart,’ Marmion pens. 

Yet it is supporting actress Patsy Ferran as Blanche, who steals the show for Marmion: ‘Much the best reason for seeing this sold-out show — or at least praying that it transfers to the West End — is not so much Mescal, as the sensational acting of Patsy Ferran as Blanche. She turns the over-familiar role on its head.’ 

The Guardian‘s Arifa Akbar wrote: ‘Mescal appears as natural on stage as on screen’ going on to also praise Ferran, and Anjana Vasan’s Stella: ‘For all its clever artifice and non-naturalism, it is the power of these performances that gives this production its fierce and dangerous energy.’

The Times‘ Dominic Maxwell awarded the production five stars: ‘Mescal is tremendous: he makes the latent violence of Stanley Kowalski into something easy, tangible, vibrant yet unactorly. Ferran is simply sensational.’ 

The Evening Standard‘s Nick Curtis named it as the first great show of 2023, with Mescal, Ferran and Vasan ‘providing the core of emotional truth to Rebecca Frecknall’s production. All three act with their whole bodies.’ 

The Independent’s Jessie Thompson said Mescal’s ‘Stanley Kowalski radiates with rage, wearing his psychopathy on his sleeve, with a menacing sexuality that could stop traffic – or make you run and hide.’

Paul also stopped for a picture with director Rebecca Frecknall, who kept with the netrual theme in a black suit.

He appears alongside rising star Patsy Ferran in the drama production, which has arrived to The Almeida Theatre for its run.

Emma is also taking to the stage at the moment as they take part in racy play Orlando in London’s Garrick Theatre.

Smiles: Paul also stopped for a picture with director Rebecca Frecknall, who kept with the netrual theme in a black suit

Smiles: Paul also stopped for a picture with director Rebecca Frecknall, who kept with the netrual theme in a black suit

Star: Paul took to the stage in front of the crowd for the first time on Thursday as leading man Stanley in the production

Star: Paul took to the stage in front of the crowd for the first time on Thursday as leading man Stanley in the production

Orlando, which opened on Saturday 26 November and runs through to Saturday 25 February 2023, is an adaptation of late author Virginia Woolf’s 1928 novel Orlando: A Biography.

Directed by Tony and Olivier winner Michael Grandage, it tells the story of an aristocratic English poet who changes gender from man to woman at the age of 30 and lives for 300 years. 

Emma swapped their preferred pronouns from ‘she/her’ to ‘they/them’ in 2021 and has spoken out about the issue several times since.

In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, they said: ‘I’m definitely fortunate that I’m dealing with this now and not 10 years ago. 

‘I know a lot of gay actors who took a long time to come out because they were worried about that, but I didn’t think about it.’

Emma added: ‘I don’t mind if people get my pronouns wrong, that’s fine.

‘Just try, and I’ll correct you where necessary and gradually we take steps forward. It’s not going to happen overnight.’

Stage star: Emma is also taking to the stage at the moment as they take part in racy play Orlando in London's Garrick Theatre

Stage star: Emma is also taking to the stage at the moment as they take part in racy play Orlando in London’s Garrick Theatre


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